MUMBAI: The much awaited budget from the new Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has begun and the first announcement for the media industry is in the form...
NEW DELHI: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasters Association of Asia (CASBAA) has urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to withdraw the royalties imposed on foreign satellite operators...
NEW DELHI: The presentation of the general budget on 10 July morning by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will perhaps be the most keenly watched analysis of...
MUMBAI: In the run up to Budget 2014, the DTH Operators Association and the MSO Alliance have joined hands with broadcasters to embark on an aggressive...
MUMBAI: The year 2014 saw a landmark in the Indian political system with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coming to power with a landslide majority. Since...
MUMBAI: The Direct to Home (DTH) industry has been vehemently opposing the heavy taxation being levied on the various operators in the country. In view of...
MUMBAI: Network18 and Google announced a joint initiative today to help connect prominent politicians with voters across the country. The partnership involves a series of Google...
The fate of the broadcast bill hangs on a razor’s edge, despite Braodcast Minister Arun Jaitley’s pledge to table it in the surrent budget session of...
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader and former information & broadcasting (I&B) minister Pramod Mahajan passed away this afternoon at Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital following multiple organ failure....
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader and former information & broadcasting (I&B) minister Pramod Mahajan was shot this morning (Saturday) and remains in a critical...
MUMBAI:The Delhi High Court has declined to grant an injunction against the scheduled launch tonight of Zee TV’s big budget primetime weekly Time Bomb. The court...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Star’s plans to launch a new upmarket Hindi channel, Star One, has run into a roadblock. Sahara India Mass Communications has appealed in a...
NEW DELHI: Even as the cricket telecast issue is being debated and argued in the court, another twist to the Indian cricket story is being given...
It's the festival of lights. And for many the festival of noise courtesy exploding fireworks. In the hope of reducing the number of those belonging to...
BBC World’s flagship interview programme, HARDtalk, will have an Indian special starting 12 to 16 April. BBC's presenter Tim Sebastian will travel to India to meet...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The group of ministers (GoM) panel, set up last month to examine the Star News case in particular and media policies in...
MUMBAI: First came the articles questioning the Star News equity structure in India Today and later in The Times Of India. It was followed up by...
MUMBAI: Venture capitalists (VCs) haven’t changed their outlook on the entertainment industry despite the recent sops offered by union minister of law & justice, commerce &...
TV Today is all set to launch its 24-hour Hindi channel Aaj Tak on December 31. The Aaj Tak news bulletin on DD Metro airs its...
Doesn’t it seem a lot like deja vu? The Convergence Bill may finally not make its way to Parliament in the Winter session which is on...
Hotel Regent in Mumbai will see the hosting of a seminar on the fast changing media scenario in the country. The seminar dubbed Mediamorphosis will be...
On Monday 1 May, at a function held in Ahmedabad for celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Gujarat’s Foundation Day, Doordarshan launched its long-awaited ’round-the-clock’ Gujarati satellite...
The old bugbear is finally out of the way. Ku-band direct to home television (DTH) looks set to get the go-ahead finally after a three year...
Sushma Swaraj does not cease to surprise you. The first statement she made after taking over as I&B minister was that she wanted TV to be...
The battle between Mumbai’s cable operators and ESPN-Star Sports is entering another phase. Cable operators are believed to have met the information & broadcasting minister Arun...
The Union Cabinet has cleared all the hurdles in the way of Ku-band direct to home television. The GoM had met earlier this week and this...